08/2018-to present Researcher: Institute of Reproductive and Child Health Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China
08/2012-07/2018 Assistant Researcher: Institute of Reproductive and Child Health Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China
07/2012-08/2012 Visiting scholar: Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
04/2009-07/2012 Lecturer: Institute of Reproductive and Child Health Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China
07/2010-08/2010 Visiting scholar: The Nutrition Laboratory, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
02/2010-03/2010 Visiting scholar: Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Houston, TX, USA
09/2005-03/2009 PhD, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China

Dr. Wang has been engaged in the exploration and application of the causes and mechanisms behind reproductive health and birth defects. Her studies provide novel scientific evidence for the causes and mechanisms of major birth defects, supports population prevention strategies, and have achieved a series of achievements. As a principal investigator, she has funded by more than 10 national projects, including the Major Program of National Social Science Foundation of China, the National Key Research and Development Program of China, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation, etc. She has also participated in several international projects funded by the National Institutes of Health in the United States. As the first or corresponding author, she has published more than 70 papers, including Environ Sci Technol, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Sci Total Environ, Chemosphere, Environmental Research, Epidemiology, Clin Epigenetics, Hum Genet, Br J Nutr, etc. She has awarded the Huang Tingfang/Xinhe Young Distinguished Scholar Fellowship, Beijing Science and Technology Award, Science and Technology Award of the Beijing Preventive Medicine, Chinese Medical Science and Technology Award, Scientific Research Achievement Award of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology Award of the Chinese Preventive Medicine, etc.

Reproductive Health, Molecular Epidemiology, and Precision Nutrition

1. National Key Research and Development Program, 2022YFC2705205, Early diagnosis and intervention for early warning on common developmental and behavioral disorders in children, 2022/12-2025/11，Principal Investigator, Ongoing.
   

2. Major Program of National Social Science Foundation of China, 21&ZD187, Prevention strategies and application of developmental disability in the context of population aging population aging, 2021/12-2024/12, Principal Investigator, Ongoing.
   

3. National Key Research and Development Program, 2021YFC2701101, Systematic identification of pathogenic mutations of major birth defects, 2021/12-2024/11, Co-Investigator, Ongoing.
   

4. Horizontal collaboration project, Study on breast milk composition based on birth cohort, 2019/11-2025/03, Principal Investigator, Ongoing.
   

5. National Natural Science Foundation of China General Program, 81773441, Somatic mutation in fetal central nervous tissue and neural tube defects, 2018/01-2021/12, Principal Investigator, Completed.
   

6. National Key Research and Development Program, 2016YFC1000501, critical phase of environmental factors lead to vital organs abnormal development, 2016/07-2021/06, Co-Investigator, Completed.
   

7. Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation, 7162094, Aberrant DNA methylation of homeobox genes and neural tube defects, Principal Investigator, Completed.
   

8. National Natural Science Foundation of China General Program, 81472987, Association of rare variants and aberrant DNA methylation in PCP pathway with anencephaly, 2015/01-2018/12, Principal Investigator, Completed.
   

9. National Natural Science Foundation of China Young Scientist Fund, 81202215, Association between maternal autoantibodies to folate receptors and the risk of neural tube defects, 2013/01-2015/12, Principal Investigator, Completed.
   

10. Fund for Doctor Station, 20100001120132, Ministry of Education, Association between maternal or fetal autoantibodies to folate receptor and folate levels, 2011/01-2013/12, Principal Investigator, Completed.

    
    

1. Li S, Wang C, Yang C, Chen Y, Cheng Q, Liu J, Zhang Y, Jin L, Li Z, Ren A, Wang L*. Prenatal exposure to poly/perfluoroalkyl substances and risk for congenital heart disease in offspring. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2024,469:134008.

2. Yang C, Ning X, Wang B, Tian T, Chen Y, Ma L*, Wang L*. Association between spectrum of mycotoxins and semen quality: A cross-sectional study in Beijing, China. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 2024, 476: 135124.

3. Liu L, Guo Q, Cui M, Liu J, Yang C, Li X, Liu P*, Wang L*. Impact of maternal nutrition during early pregnancy and diet during lactation on lactoferrin in mature breast milk. Nutrition, 2022, 93, 111500.

4. Chen Y, Liu L, Ni W, Jin L, Li Z, Ren A, Wang L*. Association between selected alkaline earth elements concentrations in umbilical cord and risk for cleft lip with or without cleft palate. Science of the Total Environment, 2021,750:141735.

5. Tian T, Lei Y, Chen Y, Karki M, Jin L, Finnell RH, Wang L*, Ren A*. Somatic mutations in planar cell polarity genes in neural tissue from human fetuses with neural tube defects. Human Genetics, 2020,139(10):1299-1314.

6. Guo Y, Liu L, Ni W, Pan Y, Chen Y, Xie Q, Liu Y, Jin L, Li Z, Ren A, Wang L*. Uranium concentration in umbilical cord may increase the risk for orofacial clefts. Environmental Research, 2020, 182, 109103.

7. Lin S, Ren A*, Wang L*, Santos C, Huang Y, Jin L, Li Z, Greene NDE. Aberrant methylation of Pax3 gene and neural tube defects in association with exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Clin Epigenetics 2019;11(1):13.

8. Ni W, Yang W, Jin L, Liu J, Li Z, Wang B, Wang L*, Ren A. Levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in umbilical cord and risk of orofacial clefts, Science of the Total Environment, 2019, 678: 123-132.

9. Ni W, Yang W, Yu J, Li Z, Jin L, Liu J, Zhang Y, Wang L*, Ren A. Umbilical Cord Concentrations of Selected Heavy Metals and Risk for Orofacial Clefts. Environmental Science & Technology, 2018,52(18):10787-10795.

10. Wang L, Li Z*, Jin L, Li K, Yuan Y, Fu Y, Zhang Y, Ye R, Ren A*. Indoor air pollution and neural tube defects: effect modification by maternal genes. Epidemiology 2014;25(5):658-65.